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In the previous episode we focussed on comparing the Obama and McCain candidacies for the American presidency as a way oif exploring the mediation lens. Mark suggested that a mediation lens would be helpful and offered a way of seeing the relationship between the vision and action domains. Russ shared an exploration of the differences on issues between the two campaigns. and closed the episode with an exploration of mediation and its many aspects. This is, …

Russ closed the last part of this dialogue, “A challenge before us, then, is to demonstrate how multiple lenses can reduce perception of demi-reality and increase perception of reality.” Furthermore he suggested a set of criteria for a case study of the application of multiple lenses to a phenomenon of leadership.

Mark: I will make a few comments on each of the case study criteria you’ve outlined before we go into the details of the leadership …

Mark closed the last installment of this dialogue with something of an extraordinary burst of light in the integral heavens—Table 9.2: Integral Lenses and Theories of Radical Change Leadership. This extraordinary presentation summarizes twenty-four theoretical lenses and our understanding of leaders. Please be sure to review Table 9.2 before continuing in Part 10.

Russ: Mark, you’ve done it again. Allow me to stand in awe for a millisecond or two…

In Part 8 of this dialogue Mark laid out six morphological categories of conceptual lenses. These categories are grouped according to their conceptual shape. The idea is that our explanations are deeply metaphorical and those metaphors can be categorized according to basic visual patterns. This is a kind of vision-logic at its most fundamental level of application. So the six types of lens morphologies are:

In the Part 7 of this dialogue, Mark pointed out the importance of including an ecological lens along with a developmental lensin redressing the imbalanced focus on developmental to the exclusion of ecological in much of the theory related to integral development.So far in our discussion we have identified several lenses that can be used in examining leadership,that broader lenses can be used with flexibility,identified how more nuanced analyses are possible,touched on the integrally neglected issue …

In the Part 6 of this dialogue, Mark laid out an elegant way of mapping and thinking about 1st 2nd and 3rd person at micro, meso and macro levels, as well as the mediating factors in the relationships among these. My discovery is that the track we are on is leading to the necessity for an Integral Mapping Atlas in developing an integral approach to leadership. This is challenging for those of us who appreciated the …

In the last episode of this dialogue, our conversation turned to process and mediating factors in development. I closed that episode with the following paragraph:

The question I will leave us with for our next installment is this: How can the “Basic Activity Triad” and the “Mediating Holon” help us make sense of all of this. For example, what can we see about the relationship between leader and follower and context? What are the mediating variables? …

In the last episode our conversation we reached a tentative acceptance of a more relational model of leadership within the multilevel contexts of individual, group and organizational life. Also, the question has been raised about the “space between”, a concept from Martin Buber that Edwards has applied in his integral theory building. Edwards has discussed this elsewhere (2002-3) and Volckmann (2004, Edwards and Volckmann, 2007) has introduced a Spiral Dynamics model to begin this conversation and …

INTRODUCTION: This is the fourth in a series of email exchanges framed as a dialogue between Mark Edwards, an Australian PhD candidate who has written extensively about integral theory and a member of the Integral Leadership Council, and Russ Volckmann, editor and publisher of theIntegral Leadership Review. Our goal is to clarify how integral theory and mapping might be helpful in comprehending the subject of leadership and guiding the construction of transdisciplinary, developmental approaches

INTRODUCTION: This is the third in a series of email exchanges framed as a dialogue between Mark Edwards, an Australian PhD candidate who has written extensively about integral theory and is a member of the Integral Leadership Council, and Russ Volckmann, editor and publisher of the Integral Leadership Review. Our goal is to clarify how integral theory and mapping might be helpful in comprehending the subject of leadership and guiding the construction of transdisciplinary, developmental approaches

Michael Paone on 08/29 – A 2nd Tier Approach to a 1st Tier World - 09/01/2018Keith - Awesome work! Thank you.
1) I love your exploration of turquoise. I often ask: What is the mysticalization of turquoise really all about? I wonder whether it's lingering purple confusing the mix. Your quotes from Graves & others were helpful. I'm reminded of Sam Harris' recent work around meditation & Vipassana - an atheistic type of experience of non-dual consciousness (or removal of subject-object awareness) that might be a force behind turquoise values stabilizing in an individual. I get excited about new language to remove the mysteriousness & religiosity of turquoise. I hope this would help it gain traction as an attractive way to be. I see people like Harris very important in this.
2) I loved reading about the fMRI studies. I had been wondering whether others had reproduced Graves' research. Very cool to point to this, albeit inconclusive.
3) I appreciate your challenge of the Texas gathering. I share the curiosity of creating a more 2nd tier space. Let's do it next time! I'd be happy to join an organizing committee to represent the millennials. :)
Best,
Michael

Ann Roberts on 08/29 – A 2nd Tier Approach to a 1st Tier World - 08/30/2018Dear Keith thank you for the clarity and the evocation to step into real world engagement. Thought provoking. I find the work of Dr Zachary Bush in the field of Integrated Medicine an example of how to operate in evidence based communication whilst offering pathways both horizontal and vertical development that is orientated around personal health issues. He holds a respect for the mothers who want their children to be well that is inspirational.

Albert Klamt on 05/31 – Third Act In Life - 07/21/2018Excellent! I am now myself in the third act. Meeting Edward J Kelly is a joy as we met virtually already since 2010 or 2012 at the London Integral Circle. Within the last years I became explicity more and more aware of the third act. Born in 1954 I see too much folks in my age who just live passively the third chapter of life. Instead creating opportunities and actively initiating new transitions.
Best from Berlin,
Albert

agus on 1/15 – Integral Dispositions and Transdisciplinary Knowledge Creation - 07/19/2018before i say, i have bad english language i from indonesia but i just want to say, this very good and important material, now i has research about theme TRANSINTEGRATION, PROF Sue L. T. McGregor, do you have about TRANSINTEGRATION, material, i looking for on website never find, thanks for your attention, you can send with myemail

Rev. Alia Aurami on 05/31 – Colin Wilson: Collected Essays on Philosophers - 06/01/2018Ah, thank you Eugene for calling more attention to Colin Wilson and exploring the relationship of his thinking to Integral Theory. I've been experiencing the upliftment you point to, from his views, since the mid-80s. I resonate strongly with the questions he explores as a philosopher, and the places he's willing to go in those explorations. He was a great influence on me in my younger years, and I am profoundly grateful for him and for all those who helped bring him to the attention of the world. At one point I wanted to write a survey and summary of some of his thoughts, but so far I haven't done that. I recall especially loving his autobiography.
Thank you again!

alan2102 on 8/31 – If Capitalism is Dead, then what? - 04/29/2018Very odd that a long article titled "If Capitalism is Dead, then what?" could be written without once mentioning, in the text, socialism. Yes, I searched. Twice.
Socialism is, of course, the preeminent next step from orange capitalism to green.